Lab tests CPT 81002 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Urinalysis without microscope exam, manual in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — inpatient

In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Urinalysis without microscope exam, manual as an inpatient: from $5.76 to $18.90, with a median of $10.15. The lowest listed price is at Saint Thomas West Hospital.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 81002, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.

Lowest$5.76Saint Thomas West Hospital
Median$10.15half pay less
Highest$18.90in this market
Difference3.3×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.

median
Lowest $5.76Highest $18.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Saint Thomas West Hospital lowest Harding Pk Nashville, TN POC URINE DIPSTICK $5.76 $19.20 70%
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Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN HC URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O MICRO $9.86 $34.00 71% Oct 1, 2025
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Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O SCOPE $10.15 $35.00 71% Oct 1, 2025
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN HC URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O MICRO $18.36 $34.00 46% Oct 1, 2025
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O SCOPE $18.90 $35.00 46% Oct 1, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $5.76, median $10.15, highest $18.90 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $10.01 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This is a simple urine dipstick test read by hand, without a microscope exam. It checks for things like protein, sugar, blood and signs of infection, and is often done right in a clinic or doctor's office.

What the price covers

The price covers the dipstick test only. A microscope exam or culture would be billed under other codes.